August is National Breastfeeding Month. Many moms know of the health benefits for babies who are breastfed. For decades, clinical research has shown how breastfeeding is beneficial to babies.

There’s no money to study breastfeeding or provide care. There are packs of angry influencers and others on social media ready to vilify anyone who addresses it in clinical terms. Perhaps most ...

Moms were less likely to breastfeed during the pandemic because of a lack of face-to-face help, according to research. Redeployment of maternity workers and lockdown measures disrupted suckling ...

Breastfeeding is hard to keep up. Some 83 percent of babies in the United States start out on breast milk, but by 6 months, just 56 percent are breastfed — and at that stage, only a quarter drink ...